NUR 304 Inflammation
- Inflammation
Answer •Body's response to injury
• Defensive process that attempts to heal and repair
• Inflammatory response
• WBCs travel to damaged area and secrete substances that control the process from initial injury to resolution or development of chronic inflammation
- Acute inflammation
Answer •Rapid response to cell injury
• Assists the body to get rid of invaders • Enhances healing • Self-limiting • Triggered by infection, toxins, physical injury, surgery, cancer, chemicals, tissue necrosis, foreign bodies, and immune reactions
- Chronic inflammation
Answer •Reaction persists
• Inhibits healing • Causes continual cellular damage leading to organ dysfunction
- Neutrophils
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•released first 24-48 hours. Short life span as little as 10 hours.
• Usually responds to bacteria • Bands/ Stabs- immature neutrophils • Segs- Mature Neutrophils
- Lymphocytes
Answer viral response
- Eosinophils
Answer •released in response to parasites, allergic reactions, and exacer- bations of chronic inflammatory conditions such as asthma
- Basophils
Answer allergic response or auto immune disease exacerbations
- Monocytes
Answer longer life span. released 48 hours after injury
- CBC with differential
Answer separates WBC counts into specific types
- Phagocytosis
Answer •When WBCs travel to site of injury, they surround and consume the foreign invaders
• Process creates additional fluid in the surrounding tissues
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